University of Oregon astronomer Yvette Cendes made a surprising discovery years after a black hole shredded a star. What is ...

Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic questions. Now, the challenge ...

A subtle gravitational-wave “hum” from merging black holes may help settle the cosmic fight over how fast the universe is ...

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole.

Gravitational lenses could allow us to find black hole binaries long before we're able to measure their gravitational waves.

Scientists say an ultra-powerful neutrino once thought impossible may be explained by an exotic black hole model involving a so-called “dark charge.” ...

A distant quasar is defying two fundamental expectations of black hole physics. The object, known as ID830, is growing at 13 ...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the early universe, ID830, growing thirteen times faster than physics allows, defying cosmic rules and challenging long-held theories of black hole ...

The KM3NeT collaboration is a large research group involved in the operation of a neutrino telescope network in the deep ...